Early production recipes for lead antimonate yellow in Italian art

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 593-607

  Dik, J ^a   Hermens, E ^b   Peschar, R ^c   Schenk, H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Amsterdam ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16th 17th centuries AD; Italy; Lead antimonate; Naples Yellow; Paint; Painting technique; Pigment; Pigment production; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

EID: 24944577346     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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